3rd POV

Wrath stares into the prison in a mild state of shock.

Minette looks horrible.

Like, he 'wouldn't-wish-this-upon-his-worst-enemy' horrible.

She's surrounded in her own blood and passed out on her side.

Depression is being born.

What did he do to her?!

Fury bubbles up inside him, Fear senses it.

"Don't worry, you'll remain my second in command." Wrath feels sick.

He's never wanted to spread anger. He's never liked seeing people like his parents turn into monsters that fight all the time.

And Fear knew that whenever he chose Wrath to be Wrath.

He gave him the totem.

The red snake.

It's burned into his back.

But it's also in Fear's possession.

Fear's hand wraps around Wrath's shoulders,

"That is the only reason you're mad, isn't it?"

He will hurt her worse if he knows.

Wrath rolls his eyes,

"Of course, who do you think I am? Lust?" Fear laughs,

"You scared me. For a moment there, I thought you'd gone soft again..." He whispers into Wrath's ear, "Like whenever I banished Lust."

Shivers trail down his spine and he moves away from Fear.

The control Fear takes for himself can be suffocating.

Too late, Wrath realizes his mistake.

He turned his back to Fear.

Before he can turn around, Fear has him pinned to the wall.

"What did I tell you?!! What did you promise?!!" He screams into Wrath's ear. Wrath whimpers and tries to get the arm off his throat,

"N- Not to turn-n my bac-ck to you-!" He manages to choke out as the hand digs into his ribs. Fear growls,

"You have turned soft." Wrath's eyes widen in fear and he shakes his head,

"N-No! Fear p-please!!" There is a flash of light and Fear's prison he had for Minette is gone. Minette herself stands a few feet away.

The flower is like a parasite, it feeds off its hosts' sadness.

The colors represent its healthiness.

And now it's plenty healthy.

That flower has turned a dark blue with white tips and the pocket knife is a sword. Cuts that are still bleeding are crisscrossed up her arms. The thorns are sharp objects protruding from her right arm.

The stem has replaced the bone in her arm.

She's loosing humanity.

Oh God, Minette...

Fear only tightens his grip on Wrath to make him cry out as he faces her,

"You need to learn your place." Minette's eyes are glazed as she looks up to Fear.

They flicker.

She's still fighting it, we have a chance!!

As if knowing his thoughts, Fear roars and backhands Wrath into a corner of the dark room. He's out.

Fear shape shifts.

He becomes a mirror image of Minette.

Depression hates being shown itself. It prefers to be a silent killer.

Minette stumbles back, the sword shrinking back into a pocket knife and being covered by the roots.

She's on offensive.

"You see this? This is what you look like, Depression. And you just tried to fight me. Don't you know who you stay away from?" Minette shrinks back,

"F- Fear." He nods,

"Who am I?"

"Fear-r." Her voice cracks and tears sting the corners of her eyes. Fear enjoys the feeling as he starts to grin,

"Who are you?" She pauses.

Her eyes flicker.

"I-... I am..." She slowly starts to wake up. Fear narrows his eyes.

Whenever a new emotion is made the old host might fight it, but- except for in a few cases- the emotion will always win given time.

Fear lunges for her, morphing into Lust to try to help Depression along in its host. He snarls in her face,

"Who are you?!" She jumps and whimpers, the knife flicking out. Fear becomes more furious and sends her flying backwards. She cracks the wall behind her and nearly blacks out, but Fear won't let her do that.

Nobody gets the easy way out with him.

He runs towards her and grabs her head by her hair, yanking back on it to make Minette look at him,

"Who are you?!!"

"I'm a nobody!!!" She screams and tears run down her face as she stares back at Fear, still defiant, "To you I am a nobody! To Lust I am a nobody! To Wrath I am a nobody! To this world I am a nobody! But the Lord sees me, and welcomes me with open arms!!"

Wrath groans and shifts in the corner as he hears Minette's screams and cries.

Fear is wailing on her like she's a punching bag.

"F- Fear, stop! Stop y- you're hurting her!!" He begs as he scrambles up and runs towards them. Fear leaves Minette crying on her side and turns to Wrath.

It's been a while since Wrath has actually come at him.

Fear chuckles and vanishes as Wrath slides to Minette's side.

"Come on, Minette, you're stronger than this." He sees the scars that have already healed up her arm. The thorns piercing out her right arm. The flower...

Then her eyes start glowing.

"No.... Minette calm down." She's going to turn into Depression's true form, then she won't be able to go back to human.

"Minette....? I am Nobody." Wrath tries not to start crying as he grabs both sides of her head and places his forehead on hers. A burning sensation slithers around on his back, wrapping around his middle.

He gasps and holds his side as his Item sinks its teeth in.

Fear grins as he makes the Item circle up to Wrath's face. He truly loves Wrath's Item, it's crude yet effective.

It's a snake burned into his skin, always leaving a blistering hot feeling. But when it bites, it actually pierces the skin where the teeth are.

Wrath doesn't remove himself from Minette. He's whispering,

"No. You're Minette. Bearer of the Mustard Seed. Lust's crush and best friend. M-" His voice cracks as the snake bites his neck and he feels searing pain, "My friend!"

Fear roars his fury and charges at them, intent to kill at least one of them.

Wrath throws his arms around Minette to protect her from the oncoming attack.

Right before Fear can swing, a hand catches the back of his neck and easily tosses him away from them.

Lust's eyes are glowing, his form is shifting as he snarls,

"You stay away from my Minette."

He's lost his temper.

Only one thought seems to echo in Fear's head:

Everything changed that day. Why can't thing be normal again?